The divisional application that this case is application number is 201010167387.1, the applying date is the patented claim of the same name on April 23rd, 2010
Background technology
Receive the operation of user (operator) via graphic user interface (hereinafter referred to as GUI), computing machine and the televisor of giving the feedback of user operation result are popularized simultaneously.
In patent documentation 1, disclose the portable terminal device of display for the operation guiding information of the operation of assisted user.User can make finger action up and down according to this guiding, performs object function.
In patent documentation 2, disclose the interface arrangement of the posturography picture display of the identification object of the posture of carrying out for representing the operation becoming user with visual manner.User Ke Bian confirms that posturography carries out the operation of device as limit.
Disclose display in patent documentation 3 become the chart of the posture of the operation of user and show the mobile unit of the operation carried out.User can understand posture to easily carry out.
The vehicle operation input media of the selection guide information of state and the display operand equipment representing hand in driving is disclosed in patent documentation 4.User starts with reference to this guide, can select object operating equipment.
Patent documentation 1: Japanese Patent Laid-Open 2007-213245 publication
Patent documentation 2: Japanese Patent Laid-Open 2008-52590 publication
Patent documentation 3: Japanese Patent Laid-Open 2001-216069 publication
Patent documentation 4: Japanese Patent Laid-Open 2005-250785 publication
Arbitrary patent documentation all disclose represent for operating action, pause, user performs and the relevant action of device specified according to these instructions.
But, user is when carrying out operating the action carrying out specifying or take the pause specified, until the action of regulation, the pause of regulation, other action that occasional is undertaken unconscious, other action be identified as operating that pauses, may perform the action relevant to the device be not intended to.
Such as, user makes shown content right direction action, and when by the action of hand right direction, the action that the hand being in right direction returns left direction is identified as making the operation of content left direction action, may perform this action.
That is, all do not consider in arbitrary patent documentation, when user carries out the posture for operating, for user, be from each action understanding user instinctively whether be the state be identified.
Embodiment
Below, be described applying various embodiments of the present invention.
(embodiment 1)
The input media 100 of the present embodiment is the device that also can change GUI from the action of the hand of the motion video detection user photographing user according to this action.
The summary of operating environment when Fig. 1 represents that user passes through display part 101, image pickup part 102, user 103, operation guide portion 104 use input media 100.
Display part 101 is display device of input media 100, such as, be made up of the display device such as liquid crystal display and plasma scope.Display part 101 is made up of display panel and panel control circuit and panel control and drive system, the image data supplied is presented on this display panel from signal of video signal handling part 202 described later.Image pickup part 102 is the devices for inputting motion video to input media 100, such as, be camera.User 103 is the users operated input media 100.Operation guide portion 104 is presented at the GUI on display part 101, is word and the figure of the method for operating for above-mentioned input media 100 is described above-mentioned user 103.
Such as shown in Fig. 2, input media 100 possesses display part 101, image pickup part 102, motion detection (motion detects) portion 200, control part 201, signal of video signal handling part 202.
Motion detection (motion detect) portion 200 receives motion video signal from image pickup part 102, reaches, the action of the personages such as hand that wave, rotate according to the motion video input such as personage received.In addition, the instruction of the regulation corresponding with this action is exported according to the action detected.Control part 201 is such as made up of microprocessor, controls the action of signal of video signal handling part 202 according to the above-mentioned instruction received from motion detection (motion detects) portion 200.Signal of video signal handling part 202 is such as made up for the treatment of apparatus such as ASIC, FPGA, MPU.The image data of GUI to convert to according to the control of control part 201 can carry out at display part 101 form that processes and export by signal of video signal handling part 202.
The action of the user 103 when Fig. 3 represents that user 103 operates input media 100 of the present invention and the action of above-mentioned display part 101 and the correspondence of display.The figure of " the usual state " of Fig. 3 represents that user 103 does not carry out the state of the operation of input media 100.The formation of the input media 100 of the present embodiment is, identify the action 300 that user about 103 waves, start the identification of the action 300 waved in left and right, input media 100 starts the reception of the operation of user 103.Therefore, as shown in the figure of Fig. 3 " starting to operate ", user 103 reaches to input media 100, and then the hand stretched out that swings, and thus, as shown in the figure of " mode of operation " of Fig. 3, shows the menu of operation at above-mentioned display part 101.In addition, this menu is made up of operated roller 301 and multiple option 302.When user 103 carries out the action 303 of rotating hand, interlock with it, this operated roller 301 is rotated, and the plurality of option 302 is rotated mobile.Like this, user 103 the arbitrary project of this option 302 can be selected.
Fig. 4 is the figure of the correspondence of the action of user 103 when the input media 100 shown in user 103 application drawing 3 is described and the display of above-mentioned display part 101.As display to correspondence, there is aforesaid operations guide portion 104, the display packing of animation operation guide 400 and display opportunity.Animation operation guide 400 is TipWizards, and it is used for the method operated the menu be presented in above-mentioned display part 101 to instruction manual by the image of motion.
Secondly, the action of process flow diagram to input media 100 of Fig. 1 ~ Fig. 4 and Fig. 5 is used to be described.
Input media 100 detects the device that also can change the display of GUI from the action of the hand of the motion video input user 103 photographing user 103 according to this action.
First, with reference to Fig. 2 input media 100 is detected the hand of user 103 action and according to the flow process of process before this action display GUI.User 103 for input media 100 by carrying out not shown power knob etc. and starting the action of input media 100.Control part 201 responds the beginning of above-mentioned action, gives the instruction that signal of video signal handling part 202 shows the image of regulation.Signal of video signal handling part 202 responds above-mentioned instruction, exports the signal of video signal of the input being used for display part 101.Thus, image is shown at display part 101.
In addition, control part 201 responds the beginning of above-mentioned action, image pickup part 102 is indicated to the beginning of the shooting of motion video.Image pickup part 102 responds above-mentioned instruction, starts the shooting of motion video, and the video data photographed is exported to motion detection (motion detects) portion 200.Motion detection (motion detects) portion 200 uses and carries out the method for feature point extraction etc. to detect the action of user's hand from the data of the above-mentioned motion video received, and then when the action of this hand is judged as YES follow the pattern predetermined, export to control part 201 and correspond to the instruction of this pattern.Control part 201 indicates the display of GUI and the change of display according to this instruction to signal of video signal handling part 202.Signal of video signal handling part 202 responds above-mentioned instruction, changes the signal of video signal exported, and changes the display of the GUI on display part 101 thus.
Secondly, the display packing of process flow diagram to the TipWizard 104 during user's 103 input device 100 and animation operation guide 400 of Fig. 4 and Fig. 5 is used to be described.
First, user 103 starts the action of input media 100 by the order of regulation, and the control part 201 of input media 100 starts the identification (step 500) of the action (posture) of the hand of personage by the order described before.One of user 103 now and the state of input media 100 example is Fig. 4 " usual state ".
Secondly, as " the beginning TipWizard " of Fig. 4, user 103 reaches (step 501:Yes) to input media 100.Input media 100 identifies and the action that user 103 reaches TipWizard 104 is shown in display part 101 (step 502).Now, TipWizard 104 is the guide that action (operation starts by posture) that user 103 carries out when starting the operation of input media 100 illustrates the action 300 that hand swings.In addition, when user 103 puts down hand, input media 100 makes the display of TipWizard 104 disappear (step 501:No or step 503:No).
Secondly, as Fig. 4 " starting operation ", user 103 carries out the action (step 503:Yes) of waving towards input media about 100 according to the content illustrated by TipWizard 104.The action 300 that input media 100 is waved about identifying this, as shown in " the animation operation guide " of Fig. 4, shows the gesture operation menu (step 504) be made up of operated roller 301 and option 302 in display part 101.And then input media 100 is for illustrating the method for operating of this gesture operation menu and showing above-mentioned animation operation guide 400 (step 505) at display part 101.Now, animation operation guide 400 is to describe the personage be taken, and the hand touch operation roller 301 of the personage depicted, the mode that hand and operated roller together rotate movement shows.Thus, carry out which operation or manually make which kind of degree when can illustrate intuitively and which position to carry out which action in user 103.
Secondly, as shown in " mode of operation " of Fig. 4, user 103 carries out the action 303 of rotating hand according to the display of animation operation guide 400.When for (step 506:Yes), input media 100 identifies this action of user 103, and show the action synchronous with this identified action by animation operation guide 400, this action identified is reflected on gesture operation menu (step 507) simultaneously.That is, when user carries out the action 303 of rotating hand, people display frame also being carried out shown by animation operation guide 400 rotates the hand of operating of contacts roller 301, and operated roller 301 is rotated, and makes the display that option 302 is rotated.
Like this, animation operation guide 400 in step 505, before user operates, with the action of user independently as the non-synchronous type TipWizard action that animation changes.In addition, in step 507, user starts operation, synchronous with the action of user 103, the synchronous operation guide as animation change carries out action (with reference to Fig. 6).
Like this, input media 100 identifies the action that user 103 starts, and according to this action display TipWizard 104 and animation operation guide 400, points out the effective action of operation (posture) to user 103.Thus, user 103 can confirm can carry out desired operation when which opportunity carries out which action (posture), therefore, can carry out the operation such as the display of menu and the selection of menu item swimmingly.
In addition, above-mentioned non-synchronous type TipWizard makes animation change relative to preoperative user, and it is effective for carrying out which operation when carrying out which action to understanding.In the present embodiment, in display frame, showing operated roller 301 and option 302, like this, drawing, figure, image being moved, in contrast, for not knowing that the user which action this carries out is effective especially by operation.
In addition, above-mentioned synchronized model TipWizard is for the user after operation, and the action undertaken by animation display user, meanwhile, for carrying out or do not carry out actual operation, and whether the state that user can be made to understand each action of user is instinctively identified.Therefore, user can carry out corrective action by the mode of self not carrying out the operation be not intended to.
(embodiment 2)
Then, embodiment 2 is described.In the present embodiment, different from the method for operating of the input media 100 of embodiment 1, to user by the action of two hands can input device 100 when method of operating and the display packing of TipWizard be described.The formation of input media 100 is identical with embodiment 1, and the method for operating of user is different.
Below, based on accompanying drawing, the present embodiment is described.In addition, below, part mark prosign same as the previously described embodiments, the description thereof will be omitted.
The action of user's hand when Fig. 7 represents user operation input media 100 in the present embodiment and be shown in the state of GUI of display part 101.Be shown in this actions menu 700 of display part 101, in simulated three-dimensional space, in upper configuration three options of the table (table) of circle.And rotated by the table of this circle, the project being positioned at picture just front becomes by the project selected.In addition, in this actions menu 700, by pointing out the outward appearance of overlapping hand shape on the table of this circle to user 103, imparting user 103 hand is placed on to be shown above and the reflection of rotation table.The action 701 of user's hand represent user 103 in order to operate aforesaid operations menu 700 and two hands along circular orbit action.Like this, user rotates along circular orbit action by making two hands on circle table, can just before make the item action that will select at picture.
Fig. 8 is used to be described the action of input media 100 of the present embodiment and the display packing of TipWizard.
The figure of " the menu display " of Fig. 8 represents the state of display menu in the same manner as in Example 1.Input media 100 can by the action of the hand of the method identification user 103 identical with embodiment 1.When user 103 reaches out one's hands relative to input media 100, as shown in " the animation operation guide display " of Fig. 8, represent animation operation guide 800.The image of the appearance that this animation operation guide 800 display simulation personage two manually does, represents that being used for user uses and have an action carried out when the image manipulation actions menu 700 of action.Secondly, when the action of user 103 illustrated by this animation operation guide 800 starts the operation of actions menu 700, as shown in " operation " of Fig. 8, the display of this animation operation guide 800 is eliminated, and the action of user 103 is reflected into the operation to actions menu 700.
Like this, the shape of input media 100 by actions menu 700 and the reflection of outward appearance imparting user 103 method of operating.In addition, when in fact user 103 operates based on this reflection, more specifically prompting illustrates the animation operation guide 800 of the method for operating of user.
Thus, user can the concrete guide of the timing receipt relevant operational carrying out operating.Therefore, the operation that user self will carry out is effective, namely can understand the operation which method of operating also carries out menu item swimmingly.
In addition, aforesaid operations menu 700, such as shown in Fig. 9, also can be formed with the combination of the operation menu be made up of the operated roller 301 illustrated in embodiment 1 and option 302.In this formation, when user's 103 pairs of input medias 100 stretch out one hand, the animation operation guide of display one-handed performance.In addition, when user 103 stretches out two hands for input media 100, show the animation operation guide of two manual manipulations.Accordingly, multiple guidance panel can be reflected via the shape of menu and outward appearance, and can in guide the method for operating of user when in fact user specifically operates.
(embodiment 3)
Secondly, embodiment 3 is described.In the present embodiment, to in the input media 100 of embodiment 2, do not show above-mentioned animation operation guide, carry out operation reflection by the position display user of operational motion in aforesaid operations menu, the input media realizing the method for operating identical with embodiment 2 is described.
Below, based on accompanying drawing, the present embodiment is described.In addition, below to the part identical with the above embodiments mark prosign, the description thereof will be omitted.
Use Figure 10 that the action of the input media 100 of the present embodiment and the display packing of operation reflection are described.
The operation reflection 1000 of Figure 10 is the figure of the hand reflecting user.In this figure, pin two options on aforesaid operations menu with hand, to the method for operating that user's prompting makes the table of the circle in aforesaid operations menu 700 rotate.As Figure 10 " lifting the state 1 of two hands ", when user's 103 pairs of input medias 100 stretch out two hands, display operation circular 1000.Thus, user 103 is appreciated that the operation that user self carries out is effective state or how method of operating.In addition, Figure 10 " lifting the state 2 of two hands " represents that two hands are reached the state of the position higher than this figure " lifting the state 1 of two hands " by user 103.In this figure " lifting the state 2 of two hands ", operate effective 1000 display state identical with this figure " lifting the state 1 of two hands ".Therefore, user 103 can not rely on the position of stretching out one's hand, as long as stretch out two hands, just can be identified as input media 100 is identical action.
Like this, input media 100 does not rely on the asynchronous action deviation of operating position of user 103, according to the position display operation reflection 1000 of simple action practical operation effect on actions menu.Thus, user, when operating, is being interpreted as that actual exercisable state is to the position confirming operational motion on actions menu simultaneously, operates not need the action of correctness.